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gptkb:human
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gptkb:Clemson_University
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gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:Presidential_Citizens_Medal
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1902-12-05
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gptkb:Edgefield,_South_Carolina,_United_States
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gptkb:Essie_Mae_Washington-Williams
gptkb:James_Strom_Thurmond_Jr.
gptkb:Juliana_Gertrude_Thurmond_Whitmer
gptkb:Nancy_Moore_Thurmond
gptkb:Paul_Reynolds_Thurmond
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2003-06-26
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Edgefield,_South_Carolina,_United_States
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gptkbp:deathYear
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100
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gptkb:Clemson_University
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:James_Strom_Thurmond
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gptkbp:governorTermStart
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1947
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J. Strom Thurmond
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1948
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gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:United_States_Army
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkb:Major
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gptkb:United_States_Army
1942–1946
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gptkbp:notableFor
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switching from Democratic to Republican Party in 1964
longest-serving U.S. Senator at the time of his retirement
fathered a child with Essie Mae Washington-Williams, revealed after his death
oldest-serving and longest-serving senator in U.S. history at the time
filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
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gptkb:lawyer
politician
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gptkb:Dixiecrat
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gptkb:United_States_Senator
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gptkb:States'_Rights_Democratic_Party
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gptkb:Baptist
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gptkb:Edgefield,_South_Carolina
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gptkb:Willowbrook_Cemetery,_Edgefield,_South_Carolina
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gptkb:South_Carolina
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gptkbp:signature
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J_Strom_Thurmond_Signature.svg
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gptkb:Jean_Crouch
gptkb:Nancy_Moore
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gptkbp:termEnd
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1951
2003
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gptkbp:termStart
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1954
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gptkb:Governors_of_South_Carolina
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